Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau standing with Montreal Expos players John Bateman, Jim Mudcat Grant, and Maury Wills in a stadium setting. The men are grouped closely together near the dugout, smiling and conversing. The players wear Expos uniforms with the “el” logo on their caps and jerseys, with Bateman on the left and Grant and Wills to the right. Drapeau stands in the middle wearing a suit, tie, and glasses, holding a cane. Behind them, spectators fill the stands, and a photographer is visible capturing the moment.

On this day in 1969, the Montreal Expos played their first-ever game.
Played at Shea Stadium, the Expos defeated the New York Mets 11-10.
Dan McGinn hit the first homerun in Expos history.
Despite the initial win, the Expos finished last in the NL East with a record of 52-110.

Meta paid an effective fed tax rate of 3.5% on its latest tax bill — its lowest on record.

Mark Zuckerberg's net worth just hit $222 billion.

And Meta is pumping $65 million into elections this year to boost AI friendly candidates.

Now it's reportedly planning to lay off 15,000 workers.

Hello?

Jan Caruana is a national treasure. Period. Long may she reign.

Enjoy Family Day swim and gym sessions on February 16 at select Rec Centres across the City of #HamOnt! For more information and schedules, please visit www.hamilton.ca/dropin

Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan to Stay Until 'Land Back' - UNICORN RIOT Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling, establishing an occupation. Organizers demand land back in the form of "returning Fort Snelling" to the Dakota pe...

NEW: Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge -- establishing an occupation demanding 'land back' in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Video]

#OtD 5 Feb 1933 a mutiny of Indonesian and Dutch crew started on the Dutch ship, De Zeven Provinciën in protest at pay cuts. When they wouldn't surrender, Dutch aircraft bombed the ship killing 23 people. Many of the survivors were jailed for years stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1050...

@cameronkroetsch.bsky.social @maureenwilson.bsky.social I can't seem to find out what's happening with the sewers at Charlton W & Queen S. A neighbour said it is a water main break but I can't find anything about that. Any info would be great! Thanks!

Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.

Police officers are being told to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using the Flock surveillance system in order to not leak sensitive information via public records requests, according to records obtained using a public records request. www.404media.co/police-told-...

Bob Bratina *cannot* run in the 2026 Municipal Election, even if he wanted to.

Bratina did not file a financial statement following the 2022 election, and is prohibited from running as per Municipal Elections Act 88.23. #yhmcc #HamOnt

Upcycle and save your broken household items from landfills by bringing them to our Repair Café next Saturday, January 31 at Red Hill Branch.
From 1-4pm, HPL's volunteer fixers will explain the #DIY repairs needed to restore them back to life.
#HamOnt, register at: events.hpl.ca/event/15154937

A 3D illustration of the SAR-CoV-2 coronavirus, the cause of covid-19.

COVID still killing roughly 100,000 Americans per year: CDC scientists gizmodo.com/covid-19-is-still-killin...

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Palestinians describe being treated like animals as chaos breaks out again at U.S.-run aid site in Gaza For the third time this week, chaos broke out at the aid distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Eyewitnesses said American mercenaries did not intervene once...

For the third time this past week, chaos broke out at the aid distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Eyewitnesses said American mercenaries did not intervene once they witnessed armed looting at the site.

Making Work Safer for Racialized Immigrant Women City in Colour's Rahil Adeli breaks down some of the systemic barriers to workplace justice

CANADA: Making Work Safer for Racialized Immigrant Women pressprogress.ca/making-work-...

After my anti-Indigenous experience here by @moderation.bsky.app I am seriously almost bailing off this site. If I didn’t already have this reach to share Palestinian accounts here I would’ve been gone already. cc. @bsky.app @support.bsky.team

Bruce Fanjoy should announce he is resigning to run in the byelection

From what I've seen via email, there's a screening of *Yintah* at 12:30pm Friday at McMaster (MDCL 3020), a bus from campus to Gore Park at 3pm, and this rally at 3:30pm.

Climate may have fallen out of mainstream attention, but the crisis is still intensifying. So attend if you can!

#HamOnt

Remove Aaron Gunn for his residential school denialism I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: https://you.leadnow...

I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi...

Canada is so fucked. Carney is truly a necessary evil because we all know PP would be a Trump puppet- but they are using this moment to deepen neo-liberalism and continue dismantling any sort of social safety net AND Indigenous Ppl are in the crosshairs.

A portrait of a Vancouver Island marmot pup with an adorable white nose, chocolate brown fur and white belly. "Adorable" is a fact. You know you want to snuggle it. It's not a good idea, and it wouldn't end well, but you want to. Photo by John Deal.

Need some GOOD news today? Consider, the Vancouver Island marmot once numbered fewer than 30 individuals in the wild. This year we are celebrating 381 wild-living marmots - the most ever counted for this rare species. Photo: John Deal.

Interesting that you thought you should say that aloud

A multi-instrumentalist, he has released numerous acclaimed albums over the course of his career. Workman is known for being a prolific artist. He writes, records, masters and releases entire albums in the span of a few weeks. In his career, he has won two Junos out of five nominations.

March 4, 1975:
Canadian musician Hawksley Workman was born in Huntsville, Ontario.

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JD Vance is the Michael Jordan of getting abandoned by father figures

Let me take this format for a spin

A screenshot from a text messaging app. The sender had said, "It's Doug Ford. Strong leadership is needed to protect Ontario jobs against Trump's tariffs. REPLY > YES if you'll vote Ontario PC. stop to stop" My response reads, "Fuck you, you fucking fuck. You are destroying lives. You are a greedy and pitiful excuse for a human. I pray your corporate circle jerk gets interrupted by a flock of blood thirsty woodpeckers! And the Ontario pc can take a big gulp of covid infected wastewater. Though you wouldn't know it was infected because YOU CUT THAT PROGRAM! You are scum. Never contact me again! stop"

Feel free to copy my reply

Federal Employees Protest Musk’s ‘Fork in the Road’ Offer With Spoon Emojis The cutlery icons were deployed in an online chat during a meeting with the former Tesla employee taking over the tech-focused arm of the General Services Administration.

During Musk's Twitter takeover, employees used 🫡 to show solidarity.

Now, federal workers have 🥄.

From @kateconger.com and me: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...